Summer has officially begun, and over on dVerse Poetics, Walt (our friendly host this evening) invites us to wax lyrical, inspired by the (hopefully) halcyon days of the warmest weeks and months ahead.

Here in the UK, this season is a mixed blessing, mostly a hoped for thing of long, hot, rain-free days, rather than an actuality! Still, the dark nights are shorter, the light is with us for longer, even if not rain free!

Walt has asked us to take our inspiration from one of the poems and poets he has included in his prompt, or perhaps use one from another dVerse contributor, or another poem/poet entirely. I have taken the line ‘even the stars’ from Kobayashi Issa’s ‘Summer Night’, which Walt shared with us in his prompt.

As always, I invite you to read the offerings from the other members of the dVerse community – and to take part if you feel so inspired! It’s fun, relaxing, and you’ll definitely get a warm welcome!

It’s 6am and my bed is very warm…..they tell me our weekend is going to be colder, maybe a frost? I can’t wait…not…though I do have an ambition to one day spend Christmas in the northern hemisphere just to see a white Christmas. It’s crazy I know.

Snap! I wrote a star poem too, but using a line from a different poem.
My favourite lines:
‘we sigh as the stars fade in early morn
the pale sky deepening to azure blue’
which encompass a gentle irony.
Heavenly…